| Columbia University's president resigned Wednesday, becoming the third Ivy League leader to be forced from office after anger over the Israel-Hamas war resulted in widespread protests and a sharp rise in complaints of religious discrimination on college campuses. Minouche Shafik, the first woman and first person of color to lead Columbia, announced her resignation amid lingering bitterness among students and faculty over the school's forced removal of protesters from an encampment and a building they had taken over on the campus in Upper Manhattan. "This period has taken a considerable toll on my family, as it has for others in our community," Shafik said in a statement announcing her departure. "Over the summer, I have been able to reflect and have decided that my moving on at this point would best enable Columbia to traverse the challenges ahead." Read the latest
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